Jury Awards $23.7 Million to Plaintiffs in Semi Truck Accident Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Case in Illinois
At the end of a wrongful death and personal injury case resulting from a crash involving a semi truck, the jury awarded the plaintiffs $23.7 million in Will County, Illinois. The plaintiffs in the wrongful death and personal injury case were the families of two people killed by the semi truck driver and another individual who was seriously injured in the crash. According to reports, many vehicles had slowed for another accident ahead when the defendant semi truck driver failed to slow his semi truck accordingly and caused a serious chain reaction crash that resulted in the two deaths and multiple injuries.
Reports of the crash also indicated that the semi truck driver did not remember how the crash occurred or the events leading up to the crash. His log books, which would show how long he had been driving his semi truck for the hours, days, weeks and months prior to the crash, were also falsified. These facts may be an indication that the driver of the semi truck was fatigued and may have fallen asleep at the wheel which might explain why he did not stop his semi truck when many other vehicles had been able to stop for the other accident. These facts, the severity of the crash and the tragic nature of the results likely provided justification to the jury for the large verdict.
